The ink artists of Cream City Tattoo are giving gallery-goers a tiny glimpse into the copious amounts of work they do outside of the shop.

“These people work hard at their craft and they work hard on their craft outside of skin,” said Kat Patton, gallery manager for Cream City Tattoo. “They are artists beyond the ink.”

Six of the shop’s ink artists are exhibiting their work in the Cream City Tattoo gallery. The current exhibit contains watercolors, acrylic and oil paintings as well as pen and ink drawings. Patton said most of the artists have sketchbooks filled with their work.

Each of the artists has chosen five pieces of work to exhibit. Artists include Ryan Schepp, Seth McPhee, Scarlette Revolver, Kao Lee Thao, Em Becker and Naomi Hart.

The work is extremely varied, Patton said. She describes Schepp’s work as dark, heavy and moody and a world all its own while she said Scarlette Revolver’s pieces are light, fine and delicate.

“Everyone here is so talented,” Patton said.

The work is on exhibit now through the end of the month at the gallery inside Cream City Tattoo in St. Cloud. In addition, the shop’s artist of the month, photographer Barb Kellogg, will have her piece “Frog in the Garden” on display.

Sarah Colburn is a freelance writer who regularly previews Central Minnesota arts activities for Up Next. Email her at fineartsstcloud@gmail.com.